Prognostic Factors of Mortality among Adult Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy in India: A Hospital Based Retrospective Cohort Study

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of HIV patients.

Demographic characteristics	Number	Percentage
Age group (years)
18-25	6	2.1
26-35	28	9.8
36-45	111	39.0
46-55	94	33.0
56-65	40	14.0
>65	6	2.1
Gender
Male	176	61.8
Female	109	38.2
Marital status
Unmarried	46	16.1
Married	177	62.1
Divorced	9	3.2
Widow/ widower	53	18.6
Educational status (n=278)
Illiterate	25	9.0
Primary school	129	46.4
Secondary school	81	29.1
College and above	43	15.5
Occupation (n=269)
Unemployed	87	32.3
Unskilled	54	20.1
Semi-skilled	70	26.0
Skilled	32	11.9
Semi-professional	7	2.6
Professional	19	7.1
Monthly income (n=239)	Median INR 5000 (IQR 3000- 8000)
Health condition of the spouse (n=203)
Healthy	102	50.2
Chronically ill	61	30.1
Died	40	19.7
Place
Urban	243	85.3
Rural	42	14.7
Clinical characteristics	Number	Percentage
Type of ART
First line	266	93.3
Second line	19	6.7
Mean age at diagnosis of HIV (years)	41.1±10.3
Age at starting ART (years)
≤20	4	1.4
21-30	20	7.0
31-40	91	31.9
41-50	112	39.3
51-60	51	17.9
>60	7	2.5
Time between diagnosis and initiation of ART (days)	Median 55 (IQR 7 - 910)
Duration of taking ART (days)	Mean 1127.0±611.8
Time between initiation of ART and death (days) (n=44)	Median 110 (IQR 25.2 - 780)
Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis
Yes	73	25.6
No	212	74.4
Isoniazid prophylaxis
Yes	43	15.1
No	242	84.9
Adherence to ART
Good	267	93.7
Average	14	4.9
Poor	4	1.4
Side effects of ART
Present	35	12.3
Absent	250	87.7
Mean number of visits to ART centre	30.4±16.5
Outcome of treatment
Survived	241	84.6
Died	44	15.4
Total	285	100.0